asylum

• n. 庇护；收容所，救济院

前缀a-, 不，非。-syl, 同词根sal, 跳，攻击，见assail. 指宗教圣殿，避难所。

1. a shelter from danger or hardship

2. a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

asylum

asylum: [15] Greek sulon meant ‘right of seizure’. With the addition of the negative prefix a- ‘not’ this was turned into the adjective ásūlos ‘inviolable’, which in turn was nominalized as āsūlon ‘refuge’. When it first entered English, via Latin asylum, it was used specifically for ‘place of sanctuary for hunted criminals and others’ (a meaning reflected in modern English ‘political asylum’), and it was not until the mid 18th century that it came to be applied to mental hospitals.

asylum (n.)

early 15c., earlier asile (late 14c.), from Latin asylum "sanctuary," from Greek asylon "refuge," noun use of neuter of asylos "inviolable, safe from violence," especially of persons seeking protection, from a- "without" + syle "right of seizure." So literally "an inviolable place." General sense of "safe or secure place" is from 1640s; meaning "benevolent institution to shelter some class of persons" is from 1776.

to seek/apply for/be granted asylum

寻求 / 申请 / 获准政治避难

牛津词典

There was a nationwide debate on whether the asylum laws should be changed.

对是否应该修改政治避难法展开了一场全国性的大辩论。

牛津词典

He applied for asylum in 1987 after fleeing the police back home.

1987年他在本国逃脱警察追捕后，就申请了政治庇护。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

A country built by what would now, some would dismiss as asylum seekers or economic migrants.

这是一个由那些现在有些人可能蔑称为避难者或经济移民的人建造的国家.

期刊摘选

Her mother, mentally unstable, eventually entered an asylum in 1885.

她的精神不稳定的母亲在1885年最终进了一家精神病院.

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One night, three guys were sitting in an asylum.

一天晚上, 在一家精神疗养院里有三个人坐著聊天.

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The asylum seekers had to contend with continued bureaucratic obstruction.

寻求政治庇护的人得不断地应付官僚主义的层层阻挠.

《简明英汉词典》

There are some differences between refugee and asylum processes.

申请难民身份和政治避难之间存在差别.

期刊摘选

The refugee asked for political asylum.

这个流亡者请求政治避难.

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Similarly, anyone who comes here as an asylum seeker, student or tourist cannot be prosecuted.

同样, 到英国来寻求政治避难 、 求学或者旅游的人也不用担心被起诉.

期刊摘选

We are currently receiving around 6,000 new asylum seekers every month.

我们目前每个月接纳大约6000个新的寻求避难的人.

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He managed to avoid arrest and commitment to an asylum.

他成功避免了被逮捕和收押进收容所.

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The asylum case has proceeded through court challenges and appeals since then.

难民申请已经经过法庭的审核,从那时开始他们一直在上诉.

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Detainees are angry aboutin time it is taking for their asylum claims to be dealt with.

被拘留者们对此时拘留他们感到气愤,因为他们认为受理他们的庇护请求是理所当然的.

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The government was attacked for failing to give the returned migrants a chance to seek asylum.

政府由于没有给遣返的移民充分的机会去寻找庇护而受到攻击.

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He works in an insane asylum.

他在一家精神病院工作.

辞典例句

The most famous dissident in that Central American country has fled and is seeking political asylum.

那个中美洲国家最著名的异议人士已逃出该国寻找政治庇护了.

期刊摘选

Having sought asylum in the West for many years, they were eventually granted it.

他们获得了在西方以寻求多年的避难权.

《简明英汉词典》

He was committed asylum and after years, he went completely insane.

他被送进精神病院关了若干年后, 变得极度疯狂.

期刊摘选

I want immunity from prosecution, asylum in the U.S. and citizenship.

我想要免予起诉, 美国的政治避难和公民权.

电影对白

Fewer than 7% of asylum seekers are accepted as political refugees.

寻求避难者中有不到7%的人被视作政治难民。

柯林斯例句

Germany's asylum law is a relic of an era in European history which has passed.

德国的收容法是欧洲历史上一个已逝去时期的遗留产物。

柯林斯例句

The Convention set down rules for deciding which country should deal with an asylum request.

会议制定了用以确定由哪个国家负责受理避难请求的规约。

柯林斯例句

It was rumoured that he had been interned in an asylum for a while.

据说他曾在一家精神病院关过一段时间。

柯林斯例句

Nine Albanians have crossed the border into Greece and asked for political asylum.

9名阿尔巴尼亚人穿过边境进入希腊境内并寻求政治避难。

柯林斯例句

Fewer than 10 percent of applicants are granted political asylum by German courts.

申请政治庇护者中，只有不到10%获得了德国法庭批准。

柯林斯例句

He applied for asylum in 1987 after fleeing the police back home.

1987年他在本国逃脱警察追捕后，就申请了政治庇护。

柯林斯例句

The Home Office said at that time that it was minded to reject his application for political asylum.

那时候内政部称其准备驳回他的政治避难申请。

柯林斯例句

France had agreed to his request for political asylum.

法国已经同意了他寻求政治庇护的请求。

柯林斯例句

Spain has recalled its Ambassador after a row over refugees seeking asylum at the embassy.

在对难民到使馆寻求庇护一事产生严重分歧后，西班牙召回了其大使。

柯林斯例句